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A seven-story condo project set for Easton's Downtown secured several variances regarding the size and design of the building at the city's zoning hearing board meeting Monday.

Longtime borough resident Jennifer O’Neill has purchased the building at 2 N. Main St. and is transforming the space into Circle Cafe on Main, a café inspired by European coffeehouses that aims to foster community connection.

The Philadelphia-based health system will lay off 1% of its staff, citing "financial headwinds." Jefferson Health completed its acquisition of Lehigh Valley Health Network in August 2024.

Plans for a 190,400-square-foot distribution facility along Main Street received unanimous conditional final approval from the Whitehall Township Planning Commission on Wednesday night.

City planning officials on Tuesday reviewed the "impending" sale of McKinley Elementary School, which opened in the 1880s.

According to ArtsQuest, programming ideas for the gallery space and lounge include a partnership with Bethlehem Area School District to include adult English programs, family workshops and other cultural learning opportunities.

Easton's Historic District Commission approved concepts for the Residences at Lynden, a 73-unit condominium project planned for South Third and Ferry streets Downtown.

Steel Ice Center eyes a 34,000-square-foot addition to make room for now its third ice rink on site, as well as 6,000 square feet more for a fitness facility with gym space, stretch and recovery lab and locker area.

The Gateway on Fourth, a 120-unit affordable housing project, expected to cost $29 million, just received $16 million in highly competitive tax credits awarded by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency board. It's one of two affordable housing projects out of six total applicants in the Lehigh Valley to receive the credits.

Martin Guitar welcomed guests from across the music industry to talk about protecting the environment at its first Sustainability Summit on Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Susan Wild were instrumental in delivering funding that will help the community organization expand.

The rise in rental prices is exceeding the rise in the rate of inflation, according to an expert.

Combining art with sport, some skateboarders decorate their boards with graphics.

Local sellers will include Whole Foods, Giant and Amazon Fresh.

The nearly 100-year-old bridge will see more than 17,000 vehicles a day, PennDOT says.

Bowery Farming could hold a key to the future of food security.

Could be time for a new career.

The process of finding an alternative supplier can be complicated, officials say.

Staff and extra security will be looking for kids left alone.

Catasauqua Police are investigating the incident.

A perfect storm of inflation, housing market issues, and gas prices have created a climate in which people need food.

Journalists held a rally at the Allentown Arts Park in protest of what they call wage discrimination.